Colin Marshall reviews books, old and new, about cities around the world, and his Seoul essays examine how cities work and feel to live in. He also publishes monthly roundups of his other reading, with quoted passages from essays and books.
Website: https://www.booksoncities.com
Essays on what makes public spaces succeed, drawing on placemaking practice and examples from cities worldwide. Issues cover specific places like Bryant Park, critiques of design disciplines such as landscape architecture, and tributes to movement figures.
A French association's newsletter on urban transition, mixing short essays on housing cooperatives (drawing on Geneva's model), urban planning under uncertainty, and landscape as a lever for ecological change. Readers get a mix of reported travel writing and critical reflection on how cities are planned.
Monograph is a photography-led magazine about buildings, cities and architecture, with short essays that pair images with observations on station roofs, a ring-shaped library and night-time urban light. Readers get considered looks at how spaces are designed and how they are used.
Long-form personal essays and travel writing by a former Metropolitan Police officer, mixing firsthand experience of London policing with writing about places like Charleston. Readers get vivid, narrative-driven pieces that tie lived experience to policy and place.
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